How to Do an Improv Tag Team Monologue

You will learn, by reading this article, how to properly participate in the improvisational game known as "Tag Team Monologue."

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2-4+ Improvisational actors
• Several slips of paper
• Pen
• Cloth Bag
• Audience (optional)

Prior to Performing

1. Assemble your group of actors. You need at least two but there is no limit to how many can participate.

2. Using your pen and pieces of paper write down several locations complete with a character (just one), occupation and any other conditions you can think of. Example: A stuttering janitor on vacation at the Vatican during a rainstorm.

3. Place the ideas into the cloth bag.

The Performance

4. The performer that was chosen to go first draws a slip from the bag and steps forward.

5. The performer begins to utilize all parts of the slip of paper, acting out as best he or she can.

6. Another actor, at any time during the monologue, may step up and tap the current actor on the shoulder.

7. The new actor takes over where the last actor left off.

8. The monologue continues in this fashion until a conclusion is reached.

Tips & Warnings

• Using an audience allows a lot more randomness to the exercise. They can choose the character, situation etc.
• Tag team monologue can either be funny or serious - it's your call.
• Remember that each actor in the exercise is a continuation of the precedingone. This means that the character, situation and any other stipulations apply to the actor tagging in to continue the monologue.